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To the editor:
Like Mr. Jim Muchlinski, I also have fond memories of our current pool. Though those memories were formed decades later, they are basically the same. Walking and biking with my friends and family to the pool. Laughing and playing in the water. Getting a sweet treat at the small Dairy Queen on our way home. I know there are thousands of other people living in this community with similar fond memories. It's truly a wonderful thing.
I remember when the big slide was being built when I was a kid. Those were exciting times. And you can be sure my friends and I were among the first in line to try it out when it was finally finished. We made our way up those long stairs countless times while we were having the time of our lives right here in our community more than 20 years ago.
The adults that originally approved our current pool in the 1930s believed in our community's future. They built something to benefit the families and kids that make up our community and surrounding communities for the decades to come. They did that, and we can do that, too.
The pool was old when I was a kid. Yes, there were repairs and renovations throughout the decades, but it was definitely showing its age more than two decades ago. And now we are faced with the question of whether to build a new pool where new and wonderful memories can be made, or to continue repairing and renovating the current pool that helped create the fond memories many of us have.
Either way, it's going to cost a lot of money. I also trust city staff and council members will come up with a way to keep kids and families safe as they make their way to and from the new pool because they have done so many times before in many areas of our community. My vote will be for the future. My vote will show the kids that we adults believe in our community's future. I will vote yes on Nov. 7.
Anthony Studemann
Marshall